To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

The QC, Vol. 81, No. 05 • October 6, 1994

1994_10_06_001

WHITTIER
COLLEGE
f^ ^k ^ "^ October 6,1994
OuakerCampus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
§838*5
E* **» }
■^1 9
4SJb
III
# l
»*. '
* <V ' .:
"»
"W I
f
1
n
^-^sS'w
iiii§il». _
Ruth Fogelberg/QC Photo Editor
▲SPORTS
Senior Dave Jones controls the ball in the penalty area during the Poets'
2-0 win over CalTech last
week. pg 13
C A
► Have a Hot
Date Tonight?
In this issue, learn about
the birth control pill: its
benefits, side effects, and
where to get it. pg 7
C O L L E G
L E G E.
► College Singers
Join Choir of 1000
Members of Whittier's
College Choir and Chorale Bel Canto will join a
group of singers from Japan and the U.S. in a singing of Beethoven's Choral Symphony this Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl.
pg 10
fjftnlfcp
► Tuition Costs
The Chronicle Of Higher Education recently released a fist of . 5 tuition and fees at 3,(XK) colleges and universities.
Included were:
Chapman U „..»,..$17,.I53
OccidentalC $16,894
«'•■•!■,.mj C. . M 7.900
StandfordU $18,669
UCLA $3,894
USC $17,560
WHITTIER C...$16,941
Tuition Afees is cluir^e to first-
time, full-time, under graduate
Undents for 9 nuxiths. Whittier
amount according to Business
Office. UCLA amount is in-stale
tuition, out-of-state tution higher.
High Voter Turnout Marks the Election of
Gershman as Freshman Class President
STUDENT GOV'T
by CHIARA GREEN
QC Staff Writer
The Freshmen class voted last
week and elected four officers to
represent them for this year. The
new officers are Liza Gershman,
President; Julie Lawendowski,
Vice President; Farrah Clemens,
Treasurer; and Kristen Olsen, Secretary.
According to COR secretary
and Election Committee chair senior Julie Lippincott, 186 votes
were counted in the election,
which represents 49% of this
year's freshman class. "This is a
bigger turnout than in recent freshman class elections," said Lippincott.
Coming to Whittier from Santa Rosa, CA, Gershman chose to
run for the position of president
because she was active on student
council in high school. She was
the student advisory board director of region three on California
Association of Student Council
(CASC).
Gershman also participated on
the Associated Student Body
(ASB) as homecoming chair. She
was a 'VIP' in student government which meant that she helped
coordinate school activities such
as dances and pep rallies.
Gershman was one of 11 students who sat on the Santa Rosa
Youth City Council. The Youth
City Council worked with the City
Council on youth issues.
With all of her past experience,
Gershman plans to have many activities for the freshman class this
year.
" I feel that it is important that
people in such a small class bond
together. Because Whittier College is about community we have
to become a community to benefit
from our time here," Gershman
said.
The freshman class vice president is Julie Lawendowski from
Long Beach, CA. Lawendowski
said the main influence behind her
campaign was her "will to want
everyone in the freshman class to
have spirit, pride and unity."
Lawendowski past activities include participating on Class Council her last three years of high
school, along with helping on the
Junior Prom Committee and Senior Winter Formal Committee.
Farrah Clemens from Colorado
is the freshman class treasurer.
Most of her experience in clubs
Please see FRESHMAN pg. 6
Liza Gershman
President
Julie Lawendowski
Vice-President
Farrah Clemens
Treasurer
Kristen Olsen
Secretary
College Changes Categories in Annual
U.S. News & World Report Ranking
COLLEGE IN
THE NEWS
► After years at the top ofthe
Regional Universities category,
Whittier moves into the bigger
National Liberal Arts Colleges
category, where it is listed in
the Third Tier.
by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR
QC News Editor
In the annual U.S. News and
World Report "America's Best
Colleges 1995 College Guide",
which appeared on newsstands this
month, Whittier College was listed in the Third Tier of National
Liberal Arts Colleges. This is a
change from its previous listing as
a Regional University, the category in which it was ranked 7th in
1993 and 3rd in 1992.
Each year, U.S. News ranks
some 1,400 accredited four-year
colleges and universities in cate
gories determined according to
classifications maintained by the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For the
past several years, Whittier has
been ranked by the report among
the top ten Regional Universities
in the western region. When the
Carnegie Foundation issued its
first revision ofthe classifications
of colleges and universities last
April, U.S. News followed these
revisions in putting together its
survey instruments.
As a result of the changes issued by the Carnegie Foundation,
over 300 schools changes categories, according to U.S. News.
Whittier shifted from the "Regional Universities" category, where
it had been ranked highly among
institutions like Santa Clara University, University of San Diego,
Loyola Marymount University,
University of Redlands and Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo, to the "National Liberal Arts Colleges" category.
ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 81
The rankings within a category are based partly on the results
of an academic reputation survey,
which asks college presidents,
deans and admissions officers to
rate the academic reputation of all
institutions listed in the same category as their institution. Point
scores from these ratings are then
combined with educational data
provided by the colleges themselves. This information includes
statistics that measure student selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, graduation rate and
retention rate.
"National Liberal Arts Colleges," the category in which
Whittier is now listed, are defined
for the purposes ofthe U.S. News
ranking as "highly selective" institutions that "emphasize, and
award more than 40% of their
degrees in, the liberal arts."
Whittier was ranked in the Third
Tier, which means it was determined by U.S. News' survey and
statistical results calculations to
fall between 81 and 120 in the
ranking ofthe 164 "highly selective" institutions scored in this
category.
In the "National Liberal Arts
Colleges" category, Whittier is
compared to colleges like Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley,
Haverford, Vassar and Pomona
Colleges, which all ranked in the
top 25, as well as to Occidental
College, Pitzer College, Reed
College, University of Puget
Sound, Whitman College, Mills
College and Westmont College.
Jonathan Meer, Executive
Assistant to the President, stated
that the change in category hails a
positive move for Whittier. "We
had been very high in the minor
leagues, in the Triple A category," said Meer, "but now we want
to compete in the major league,
with nationally known universities."
"We rank veiy well when compared with other regional institu-
Please see RANKING, pg. 6